Moving the family to Columbus from Denver - crazy???

[bgfalcons86]

Originally Posted by bjimmy24

I think people overvalue the cloud/lack of cloud situation. It's not like a cloudy or mostly cloudy day completely blocks the sun. I didn't really notice the difference between cloudy and dark before I moved to Boston. In the winter in Boston, it is pitch black when I leave work (5 pm- but it starts darkening around 4). Ohio gets at least an hour more of sunlight. A 9-5 worker will not experience complete darkness leaving work.

Being on the western side of the time zone has its benefits. If you're in the Northeast corridor in the winter, you're driving home in the dark.

While I wish Columbus had more perfectly sunny days, I think the weather in Columbus is better than Cleveland (yeah, that's not saying a lot) and not horrible. September and October can bring weather that is simply awesome. The hard part is the winter (January/February), where those steel gray skies dominate.

[Natural510]

I don’t pay much attention to it, but most of the cloudy days are in the winter and early spring when you expect it. It’s perfectly normal during the warm weather months when you expect the sun to be out (like now). I’ll take clouds and rain over drought and water-envy, but that’s just me.

[wrightflyer]

I tend to agree with this, though from December to March it can feel rough, probably more so if coming from Denver with its abundance of sunny days. But even there, I know there are days of clouds and snow/rain. I think a major difference I hear is it breaks much sooner after said weather.

I would imagine KC being only slightly better than parts of Ohio. I asked a colleague from Joplin, MO last week what their cloud cover is like, and he said winters can be pretty dull and icy/snowy.

I think it is more the drab scenery here in Ohio during the winter. Unlike other parts of the country, we get all four seasons so it is more noticeable, even to locals, when the skies gray and the trees and grass become brown. But that even occurs in places like Atlanta (ever been their in February or March?) or other Southeastern locales as far as landscaping goes. Of course, those first few snowfalls can be pretty. As long as that snow doesn't stick around for a month afterwards (I like it when it melts within a week or two!).

[PerryMason614]

Originally Posted by wrightflyer

I tend to agree with this, though from December to March it can feel rough, probably more so if coming from Denver with its abundance of sunny days. But even there, I know there are days of clouds and snow/rain. I think a major difference I hear is it breaks much sooner after said weather.

I would imagine KC being only slightly better than parts of Ohio. I asked a colleague from Joplin, MO last week what their cloud cover is like, and he said winters can be pretty dull and icy/snowy.

I think it is more the drab scenery here in Ohio during the winter. Unlike other parts of the country, we get all four seasons so it is more noticeable, even to locals, when the skies gray and the trees and grass become brown. But that even occurs in places like Atlanta (ever been their in February or March?) or other Southeastern locales as far as landscaping goes. Of course, those first few snowfalls can be pretty. As long as that snow doesn't stick around for a month afterwards (I like it when it melts within a week or two!).

That area of the Midwest/Great Plains are cloudy, but they get nowhere near the amount of rain that we get (because of the Great Lakes, I would presume), so I would guess that's the big reason we are a lot cloudier than KC.

I've been to Denver and Southern Colorado and I loved it and hated it at the same time. Loved the mountains-how can you hate the mountains? But what disappointed me was that I was expecting something glitzier. Maybe it was the parts of Denver I saw, but to me it looked like an overgrown cowtown. I thought the Downtown would be something and ... it wasn't.

Just my quick impression from spending a couple days there. Not holding myself out as an expert on Denver.

Denver vs. Columbus? Two entirely different places. KC, Indianapolis and Cincinnati are closer comparisons.